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  generalNotes:
    - 'BodInc-Id: B-238(1)'
  holdingInstitutionId: OxfordBodley
  hostItemId: ib00528000
  location:
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  otherIdentifier:
    - identifier: tib00528000
      source: uktextinc
  provenance:
    - agent:
        - dates: '1741 - '
          name: 'Nicol, George (1741?–1829) and William (17[ ]–179[ ])'
          note: "booksellers, William based in London 1761-92, St Paul's churchyard; see Mellot–Queval no. 2872; sale (London: Evans, 18 July 1825)."
          ownerId: 00013590
          type: per
      note: 'Provenance: George and William Nicol; their auction (London, Evans, 18 July 1825), lot 224.'
      timeperiod:
        end: 1800
        start: 1701
    - agent:
        - dates: '1791 - 1851'
          name: 'Thorpe, Thomas (1791-1851)'
          note: "London bookseller, Bedford Street; from 1836, 178 Piccadilly; 13 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden; see Munby, Phillipps Studies, III 45 and ad indicem; some of his books were sold by the receivers as Catalogue of Splendid, Rare and Curious books Selected from the Stock of Mr. Thorpe (London: Evans, 28 Apr. 1826); Catalogue of a Valuable and Interesting Collection of Books... (London: S. Sotheby, 28 Apr. 1826); A Catalogue of a Singularly Curious and Extensive Collection of Books (London: Thomas Thorpe, 1827); Catalogue of a Very Choice Collection of Books... (London: Thomas Thorpe, 1832); Catalogue of a Singularly Choice Selection of Rare Books... (London: Thomas Thorpe, 1833); Catalogue of the Most Splendid and Interesting Collection of Rare and Useful Books (London: Thomas Thorpe, 1834), part II; Catalogue of an Excellent and Splendid Collection of Books (London: Thomas Thorpe, 1834), part V; Catalogue of the Most Extensive, Valuable and Truly Interesting Collection of Curious Books... (London: Thomas Thorpe, 1842); Supplement to a General Catalogue of .. Books (London: Thomas Thorpe, 1842); also `Wise's 1st [2nd] sale of Thorpe's books', referred to in Financial Statements 1828-32; 1837-40 (Library Records b. 4), no. 16, `Books purchased by the Librarian', although there seems to be some confusion with books bought via Talboys at a sale in Florence."
          ownerId: 00014566
          type: per
      note: Purchased by Thomas Thorpe (1791-1851) for £189.
      timeperiod:
        end: 1900
        start: 1701
    - agent:
        - characterisation:
            - noc
          dates: 1602 -
          name: 'Oxford, Bodleian library'
          ownerId: 4209
          professionOrType:
            - uni
          type: corporate
      area:
        - areaCode: e-uk
      place:
        - geonamesId: 2640729
          name: Oxford
  shelfmark: Auct. M 3.6.
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    - _b15
    - _oxbod
  history:
    - timestamp: 2016-06-22T12:00:00Z
    - timestamp: 2019-04-10T18:00:00Z